a light, fanciful or playful musical composition; capriccio
Origin of humoresque
German humoreske from humor (see humor, noun) + -eske, -esquehumoresque
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humoresque
noun
MusicA whimsical or fanciful composition.
Origin of humoresque
German Humoreske from Humor humor from English humorTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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